“Humanity in the abstract will never inspire you in the same way as human beings you meet. Poverty is not going to motivate you. But people will motivate you.”— Melinda Gates, today.duke.eduTagged: humanity, Abstract, inspire, Poverty, human beings
“But just because you don't qualify for sainthood doesn't mean you can't form deep human connections -- or that your connections can't make a difference in the world. That's where technology comes in. If you make the moral choice to connect deeply to others, then your computer, your phone, and your t…”— Melinda Gates, today.duke.eduTagged: sainthood, qualify, Human Connections, Technology, Moral
“The people who say technology has disconnected you from others are wrong. So are the people who say technology automatically connects you to others. Technology is just a tool. It's a powerful tool, but it's just a tool. Deep human connection is very different. It's not a tool. It's not a means to an…”— Melinda Gates, today.duke.eduTagged: Technology, Disconnected, Automatic, connect, Tool
“But you can change the way you think about other people. You can choose to see their humanity first -- the one big thing that makes them the same as you, instead of the many things that make them different from you.”— Melinda Gates, today.duke.eduTagged: Change, Think, People, Choose, see